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By Maia Hibbett, Wired | 09.09.2026
THE INSTAGRAM POST, precision-guided by sex and age, had zeroed in on its target. Yuchen Tu is a conservatory-trained viola...
By Terence Keel, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 09.06.2026
This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...
By Editorial, Nature | 01.09.2013
Connecticut’s state medical examiner has requested a full genetic analysis of mass killer Adam Lanza, who shot 20 children, 6...
By Marcia Frellick, American Medical News | 01.08.2013
An Institute of Medicine review of California’s prominent center for stem cell research found organizational flaws and called for sweeping...
By Ujjwala Nayudu, The Indian Express | 01.08.2013
The uncovering of what appears to be baby trading has blurred the line between such rackets and surrogacy, amid signs...
By Colin Halverson, Somatosphere | 01.07.2013
Anne Pollock’s new book, Medicating Race, is a meditation on the history and present state of racialized (specifically African...
By Jocelyn Kaiser, Science Insider | 01.07.2013
The Supreme Court today rejected a request to ban U.S.-funded research on human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). The decision brings...
By Claudia Hennen, DW | 01.07.2013
It is not just a problem confined to China and India: more female fetuses are being aborted in Europe than...
By Andrew Vorzimer, The Spin Doctor | 01.04.2013
We have chronicled on this blog the perilous nature of proceeding with a surrogate arrangement in India. From international couples...
By Erika Christakis, Time | 01.04.2013
The horrific gang rape and murder of a 23-year old medical student in New Delhi may seem unrelated to fundamental...